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i need some more information from you regarding the computer you are trying to run converter on.... definitely what model / type of OPTi soundcard you are using, if it is on your motherboard or an actual card, whether it is a pci card, etc...

It should be at least SoundBlaster Pro compatible, if not SoundBlaster 16.... it may require the use of a dos driver to support the soundblaster standard however, so check the manual which came with your soundcard...

In the autoexec.bat file, you would then need the SET BLASTER=xxx xxx etc line, which would tell converter where to find your soundcard.

In other words, if your soundcard is SoundBlaster Pro or Soundblaster 16 compatible, follow the instructions in your soundcards documentation on how to use its soundblaster mode, and then follow the instructions in the converter manual on how to set up converter to use a SoundBlaster card.

ok problem #1: E0C is not a valid soundblaster port address... usually this value would be 220, or either 240 or 260...

(possible) problem #2: change the I05 to I5 on the set blaster line

Ok, i just did some searching on google and found out the following info:

- the card is probably an ISA (P&P) card.
- it should be able to do soundblaster Pro emulation.
- it seems to have an mpu401 midi port on the card.

Try the following:

1] change your SET BLASTER line to the following:
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H3 P380

2] in hardware.cfg, choose soundcard mode 3 (mpu-401 only) and see if converter can initialize the mpu-401 port which should be on your soundcard

3] if that doesn't work, change your mpu-401 port to 330 or 300 - in other words:
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H3 P330

4] if converter sucessfully loads, and you see the graphics etc, then the mpu-401 port has been successfully initialized. Otherwise, you have the wrong port address in the Pxxx part of SET BLASTER, or the soundcard doesn't have a hardware MPU-401 port and needs a dos driver to emulate it (again, having some sort of manufacturer's documentation on the soundcard is useful here)

5] If soundblaster mpu-401 mode has worked, go back into hardware.cfg and try soundcard mode 6, to see if converter can initialize your soundcard as a soundblaster. Remember to use a valid soundblaster port address, such as:
SET BLASTER=A220 ... ...
or
SET BLASTER=A240 ... ...

etc.

6] If this doesn't work, try to locate dos drivers for your card...

Hope this helps!

If you are able to make this card work, please drop a note here to let me know!

i´m having some difficultys , with its configurations
the drivers were already installed , i´ve downloaded from that site , but they are the same that are already installed
i´ve tried
SET BLASTER=A200 I5 D1 H3 P330
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H3 P330
SET BLASTER=A240 I5 D1 H3 P330
SET BLASTER=A200 I5 D1 H3 P300
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H3 P300
SET BLASTER=A240 I5 D1 H3 P300
etc , all alterations were made in both Autoexec.bat and in Hardware.cfg
... with no success
... is the I5 the same as the Mpu401 irq asked in Hardware.cfg ? could be this the problem ? ... 2 as default , should i change it too ?

what i think its weird is that , at one of the help me files of the Opti drivers says that this board can run in SoundBlasterPro mode ... and it sayS that the user should writte at c:\autoexec.bat
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
... a bit confusing

there´s this software Subz3ro Adlib Tracker , thas has more or less the same requirements as this , but i just need to do 1 some small adjustments following the help file instructions , and everythings run ok with this soundboard

... i have an Ess1868 soundboard stopped , do you think i could try replacing it ?

by using soundcard mode 3 in hardware.cfg, converter uses the mpu401 port and irq in the SET BLASTER line, not the address and irq on the mpu-401 specific parameters in hardware.cfg (the last two lines).

If you wanted, you could try changing those two parameters to the address of your mpu-401 port and try it...

in terms of the SET BLASTER line, what the documentation has provided is an older form of the SET BLASTER line... any additional parameters are ignored by software if they aren't used/needed so don't worry...

What was the adjustment you made to enable Subz3ro to work?

what error is converter giving you - unable to initialize mpu-401? soundblaster card not found?

having an incorrect IRQ setting won't prevent converter from loading properly - you just won't be able to use audio or midi input.

If you're getting the "unable to initialize soundblaster card" error, the port address is wrong.

If you're getting the "unable to initialize mpu-401" error, the mpu-401 port address is wrong.

... the errors lauching Converter
first was just "soundblaster card not found" ... but now "unable to initialize mpu-401" , check yours ...
... than i remembered that all sound card configurations are displayed when windows is initiating , still in Dos i]ve hitted Pause key when this configurations were being displayed and here is what is displayed

ok if the printed i/o settings work with your card with other dos software, then that should be ok... instead of soundcard mode 3, try soundcard mode 6 which is soundblaster pro specific, or soundcard mode 0 which is mpu-401 only and uses the last 2 parameters of the hardware.cfg file.

The Subz3ro setting wouldn't affect converter at all, since it makes no use of the opl / FM chip on any soundcards.

In order to use midi input in converter, your card's mpu IRQ channel should be ON... whether or not the mpu401 port on your soundcard uses a different IRQ than the other (audio) portion of your soundcard is unknown to me, but it is possible it uses an additional IRQ.

If using mode 0 of converter, you will need to update the MPU IRQ parameter (3rd parameter) in hardware.cfg...

This really puzzles me... certainly converter has worked with every combination of port addresses / IRQ channels i've thrown at it... the only thing which is keeping converter from loading is the port address itself for whatever card (soundblaster, mpu-401) you are using - an incorrect IRQ setting won't prevent converter from loading (it will just limit its usefulness).

So my only guess is that the card is not being initialized properly by the opti/btc dos driver / init program when booting into DOS..

ok try two things:

use the following SET BLASTER line in your autoexec.bat (just put a 'rem' in front of the one already in your autoexec):

SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4

in hardware.cfg, use mode 6 (soundblaster pro audio)

if you still get the "unable to initalize soundblaster" error, change hardware.cfg to use mode 0 (generic mpu-401 only) with the mpu-401 base address parameter set to 300 (as it seems you have it) and try that.

If that doesn't work, i'm not quite sure what will... but it's definitely down to the base addresses right now... and this is a card i'm unfamiliar with, so any quirks it has i can't really advise you on...